Sadly, without Victor "My balls, they got a lot of move" Zambrano pitching for Tampa, there's not much of a chance that we'll see a half-dozen hit batsmen, ejections, or a bench-clearing brawl. Or at least we won't see all that started by a perfectly innocent series of wild pitches.
Towers starts the game with a strike.
This makes me very happy.
LF Catalanotto 2B Hudson CF Wells 3B Koskie DH Hillenbrand 1B Hinske RF Johnson C Zaun SS Adams
Hudson - INF Single.
Wells - Grounder to 3rd, Fielder's Choice.
Koskie - Grounder to 2nd.
Lol... too easy! (But still very funny. Well done!)
I just snagged some good seats behind the plate...I can't wait!
(sorry to briefly hijack the thread)
Woodrow - Triple
Brown - RBI ground out to first.
Perez - Strike out
Line for towers: 2.0 IP, 1 ER, 3K.
I'm also hoping to make it out to the dome this year, though it may be too big of a trip, as I live in Victoria
Hinske - Strikeout.
Johnson - Fielder's Choice.
Zaun - Flyout.
Neagle Line: 2.0 IP, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 H, 1K.
Towers Line: 2.0 IP, 2H, 0 BB, 1 ER, 3K.
Hall - Single.
Goodwin - Flyout.
Alomar - GIDP, 3-6-3 DP.
Adams - Ground to Short.
Catallanto - Ground to 2nd, Alomar drops the Ball, E to Alomar.
Hudson - Walk.
Wells - Walk.
Koskie - RBI ground out, advances all runners.
Hillenbrand - Ground to P.
Huff - Advances to 2nd, 2B Throwing Error by Adams.
Cantu - Flyout.
Singleton - RBI Double. (SB), goes to 3rd.
Lugo - RBI Single. (SB), goes to 2nd. (SB), goes to 3rd.
Brown - Strike out.
Perez - Strike out.
A few more unearned runs
Single
Double
Homerun
8-1 Rays
It's 8-3 not 8-1.
It seems like a sell-out at Knology Park. I'd like to believe that this game doesn't turn off the buzz around there too much.
I think it's a stretch to say that Koch still sucks. Maybe not a stretch, but you surely haven't given him a fair chance to prove otherwise. He has a month to prove to us who Billy Koch really is. One inning in the second Spring Training game IMO isn't enough to merit him "sucking".
The way I see it, if it isn't on tv, then it's not really happening and therefore doesn't count
You mean the one that's already fallen to the second page? One of my favorite things about battersbox is coming in every day to see a list of Jays links for the day and some intelligent conversation regarding what's been written. I hope this isnt going away and that the lack of links posting is just because it's still spring training. Lord knows I have no love for Griffin, but he has been writing a column almost every day recently and they havent been that bad.
Let me third or fourth the cries for a daily roundup of writings. I applaud the new-look Batter's Box and all the unique content. But it seems a shame to throw out one of the old BB's most-enjoyed features.
And I'd suggest that everybody gathering round the old water cooler to discuss the day's stories provides exactly the sense of community this new version of BB is supposed to encourage.
I guess that means that most of the Expo's games over the last few years didn't count either. Makes me feel a little bit better.
The Jays new 3rd base Koskie hit a solid 2 run homerun to make the score a little more respectable late in the game.
P.S. I hate the Devil Rays.
P.P.S Whoever installed "mandatory preview' was a genius. I approve.
I just wish someone had said "I miss all the 80s music references Moffatt used to make". But no one did. Oh well. :)
Anyhow, I've heard you loud and clear. Make sure to check out tomorrow's game report (written by yours truly) and let me know what you think.
Will there be one, and what do the new Roger's Centre owners have to say about it's use?
P.S. My apologies for the off-topic, but it looked like the original discussion might be over , anyway.
As to the O-Drum, the original O-Drum is gone, and the O-Drummer, mister bird droppings himself, is in Fez, of all places, so he ain't gonna be coming to the majority of the games this season.
While the Jays seemed to like the O-Drum, it caused some serious headaches for SkyDome staff, so we don't yet know if we're going to be buying a new drum to bring to games this year.
And when I say "we", I mean Jobu, because I'm going to be seriously MIA this year on account of this fatherhood thing.
I'll post a thread about it when things get clearer.